H-2A farmworkers often complain of housing and employment abuses, and the federal government can temporarily ban employers from the visa labor program. But the bans are easy to evade, according to government reports, experts and Investigate Midwest’s data analysis.
The federal government allows construction companies that help build CAFOs to hire agricultural workers through the H-2A program. The practice means companies can pay workers less than other construction workers and pay no overtime.
